AIAF08 - Bendigo 27-28 June 2008

Friday 27 June 2008
7.30pm	Australian Panorama

Saturday 28 June 2008
2.00 pm 3.30 pm 5.00 pm	Digital Panorama Puppet Panorama International Program #1

Admission is restricted to 18+ IMPORTANT: Film classification regulations in Australia require all films to either be formally classified OR restricted to an audience of 18 years of age and over. Most festivals do not have the resources to do this and it is for this reason alone that we are not able to admit any person under the age of 18 years to the main AIAF screenings.

www.latrobe.edu.au/visualarts/animation2008

Get ready to strap yourselves in and don your festival viewing hat, because the Australian International Animation Festival is hitting town once again with four big programs of animation goodness!

We've selected this year’s programs from more than 2,000 submissions and 30 countries - a remarkable response from filmmakers and producers around the world. The range of styles, genres and techniques is testament to the vibrancy and relevance of creative animation. We’ve worked hard to try and reflect that incredible diversity in our final selections and to bring a true snapshot of the inspiring international animation scene to the big screen, right here in Bendigo.

Australian Panorama Friday 27 June, 7.30pm Australian animation turns up in festivals all over the world and is recognised for its diversity and inventiveness. This program showcases that diversity – every technique, genre and style imaginable; classic tales, documentaries, abstract and comedies.

	L'Animateur Nick Hilligoss 2006, 3'45 On a desert planet, a medieval jester unfolds his portable stage and compels his puppets to perform an old story of transformation.
	Underground Audrey Lam 2007, 4'15 Rich, varied and raw images from the tunnels under our feet. An energetic and edgy rendition of the underground.
	Monkeynaut Snooze Animations 2007, 7'15 It takes a special monkey to take on these sorts of missions. A monkey with the right stuff; a monkey that has the right pedigree. A monkey that knows which button to push. And which button not to push – oh yes, that’s important too!
	Burley! Dave Edwardz, Gareth Cowen 2007, 8'45 Punk fish that discover the haphazard joys of body piercing and the screaming crazy rides upwards to the blinding white light.
	Professor Pebbles Pierce Davison 2007, 12'45 They say your 500th birthday is always the hardest. Professor Pebbles had hoped for a much more important role to play in hell than teaching basic evil to bored school kids. Is it his fault that he's a nice guy?
	Global Warming Sheldon Lieberman, Igor Coric 2007, 2'00 Utterly hilarious! This guy will have you rolling in the aisles until they fill up with glacier melt.
	Kaulah Sam Samai 2007, 6'30 Having finished the last of his water, Kaulahun presses on into the wind in search of water, unaware that there is someone else in this desert keeping a watchful eye on him.
	1956 Annemarie Szeleczky 2008, 3'15 An animated reworking of the filmmakers drawings which formed an exhibition to mark the 50th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution.
	The Goat Who Ate Time Lucinda Schreiber 2007, 7'00 A gourmet goat with an appetite for more more more stumbles upon the ultimate morsel.
	In A Pig's Eye John Paul Molloy Australia, 2007, 5'15 Hell hath no fury like a butcher spurned. A crime of passion dripping in excess.
	Fish Getting Pissed On A Semi Jeremy Austin 2007, 2’00 Sometimes the title is all you really need to know.
	The Passenger Chris Jones 2007, 6'00 A stunning technical achievement. Public transport isn’t without its dangers …. but giant slobbering fish??
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Digital Panorama Saturday 28 June, 2.00pm AIAF’s annual update on the digital domain within the animating community. Most animated films get run through the tiny silicone corridors of a computer at some stage in their gestation but this program pulls together the best recently released films that lean heavily on a digital aesthetic for their inspiration and impact. These films can be fully narrative, abstract or drawn from the culture of the gaming community. A collection of films reflecting the outstanding results creative animators are extracting from the tools of their trade.

	Blind Man's Eye Matthew Talbot-Kelly Ireland, 2007, 6'00 Behind eyes that cannot look out there exists a mind in which the richest imaginable visuality soars, cascades and dances for its’ master.
	Life Line Tomek Duckl Hungary 2007, 6’00 A very stylish ballet of cogs, wheels and machinery.
	Drift Max Hattler UK 2007, 3’45 An intricately constructed, ultra close-up look focusing on a part of our bodies we all barely see and take for granted.
	Samsa - Homage To Franz Kafka Rene Lange Germany, 2007, 4'00 An absorbing, meticulously detailed deconstruction of the great man. Perfectly paced with whiffs of the surreal, unanswerable question.
	Sleep Or Not To Sleep Rait Siska Switzerland, 2006, 3'15 The human farm stretches before us for as far as the eye can see. A giant room, a hive of activity, a mosh office of the future.
	Josie's Lalaland Yibi Hu UK, 2007, 3'45 Josie decides that life is for the living, even when there isn’t much life left to be lived.
	Derriere La Porte H. Canac, G. Brinkhuizen France, 2007, 4'30 A kind of crossroads where gaming style and cool magazine graphic design meld with elements of music video culture and cutting edge digital animating.
	Camera Obscura M. Buchalski, J.M. Drechsler, T. Onillon France, 2007, 7'15 If Dali had been given a computer this is what he might have created. Is this the crazed inner visions of a mind exposed or a Clockwork Orange-like attempt to impose a different view on the mind’s eye.
	Labyrinth Omid Khoshnazar Iran, 2007, 9'15 From the maker of ‘Zero Degree’ comes this fascinating extension of the idea. A soldier trapped within borders he cannot readily identify, dangers he can only react to, a reality he cannot control or run from.
	Flug Peter Kisantal Slovakia, 2007, 6'00 Giant ribbon bugs climb out of the gaps and begin a slithering, sliding takeover of the urban environment they have emerged from. A new order is not far away.
	Elephants Dream Bassam Kurdali Holland, 2007, 11'00 Proog and Emo are heading to the safest place in the machine, hidden behind uncanny traps so deadly that nothing can ever reach them.
	Evolizer Jan van Nuenen Holland 2007, 10’45 This simply has to be seen to be believed. Anything that’s worth doing is worth overdoing. A frenetic journey through an elaborate digital jigsaw leads to an undersea domain teaming with deep green life.
	Switch Jean-Julien Pous, Pierre Prinzbach France, 2007, 6'00 The shortest distance between two points is always a straight line. Everybody knows that – that’s why everybody is running that same ol’ straight line.
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Puppet Panorama Saturday 28 June, 3.30pm It takes skill and a very specific ‘determination to animate’ to even begin making a puppet film. The first signs of a re-emergence of classic style Russian puppet animation, the staging of a wildly successful international puppet animation conference in Estonia and the release of record numbers of wonderful indie puppet films inspired us to focus on this most hands-on of techniques.

	Small Birds Singing Linda McCarthy UK, 2007, 7'00 A bizarre, uber imaginative little garden filled with arguing apples, tiny elephants bred to vacuum under furniture and a masked, crime fighting butler called to action by a buzzer in his tie.
	The Pit And The Pendulum Marc Lougee Canada, 2006, 7'00 Produced with the help of puppet animation legend, Ray Harryhausen, this film depicts Poe’s classic tale of one man’s attempt to survive the torments of the Inquisition.
	Park Bench People Denisa Grimmova Czech Republic, 2007, 9'00 If only the park bench could talk it’d have some stories to tell. A film reflecting on the comings and goings of people who meet in the park.
	Sequence 01 - Plan 02 Remi Durin Belgium, 2007, 7'00 The underground metro becomes an unlikely point for the time to suddenly come to a screeching halt.
	Pecatum Parvum Asya Lukin UK, 2007, 8'00 An immensely absorbing, richly textured film set in St Petersburg and inspired by Russian poet Daniil Kharms.
	Ooioo: "Umo" Shoji Goto Japan, 2006, 3'30 A damn funky little music video jam packed with raw energy.
	Africa Parting Robyn Yannoukos South Africa, 2006, 8'15 A gorgeously animated, contemplative film capturing the very soul of a proud Africa.
	Amylase Bjorn Verloh, Henning Thomas Germany, 2007, 5'45 In a world made of paper a man struggles to keep his face.
	Glas Marie Schultz Denmark, 2007, 8'00 A clown-like figure with something beating ominously in its chest is transfixed trying to perform a task he seems to have no hope of achieving.
	L'Animateur Nick Hilligoss Australia, 2006, 3'45 On a desert planet, a medieval jester unfolds his portable stage and compels his puppets to perform an old story of transformation.
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International Program #1 Saturday 28 June, 5pm The backbone of the annual AIAF mission! Almost every one of these films is an Australian premiere. We received more than 2000 entries from every corner of the world and this collection of the best of them is your up to date snapshot of the international animation scene.

	Procrastination Johnny Kelly UK, 2007, 4'15 An over caffeinated avalanche of imagery dedicated to chronic non-starters of the world.
	Musicotherapie A. Isnard, M. Javelle, C. Picon France, 2007, 5'30 A happy lab where the animals feed themselves into blenders, chop bits off and generally go about their loony experiments. The only unhappy one seems to be the monkey in charge.
	The Old, Old, Very Old Man Elizabeth Hobbs UK, 2007, 5'00 What doesn’t kill you can only make you stronger – except for whatever kills you. An old reveals the secret to living a long life just before he dies.
	Running In Darknes Alan Jennings USA, 2006, 2'15 A short, simple documentary telling the stories of people watching their ageing relatives succumb to slow onset of memory loss and dementia.
	Life Is Sweet Ray Lu Australia, 2007, 1'45 Beautifully drawn. A stream of excuses for bad behaviour and poorly thought out plans.
	Bolides F-X Bologna, T. Bondoux, L. Charmette, V. Le Ster France, 2007, 5'30 The years best entry in the “two angry old men in a vicious wheelchair chase” category.
	The Shoes Wenchung Lu USA, 2006, 3'00 Having the ultimate shoes would be great – but you don’t need them to win the race. Finalist 33rd Annual Student Academy Awards
	The Blue Shoe Magnus Frederiksson Sweden, 2007, 5'00 The story of Stig the budding nature poet, the Blueberry King and a girl who throws a mean blue shoe.
	Herr Bar Clemens Kogler Austria, 2007, 3'15 A kind of digital Pythonesque landscape made up – and populated – entirely by hundreds upon hundreds of hands.
	Heather Edward Suckling UK, 2007, 5'15 A bold black and white film taking us to the very brink of sanity as we follow Heather through a tortured rationale only she could concoct.
	Time Is Running OuT Marc Reisbig UK, 2007, 5'45 An intriguing continuous pan across a strangely active sepia-hued panorama.
	By A Badgered Tie Kateijn Smissaert, Minske Van Wijk Belgium, 2007, 2'00 A beautifully painted dance of nature.
	The Tourists Malcolm Sutherland Canada, 2006, 2'45 They’re everywhere! All shapes and sizes,
	Killing The Fittest Santosh Kale India, 2007, 3'30 It might be time to give cockroaches some respect – they might wind up outliving us. A super stylish look at the multi talented roach army that will inherit the earth.
	Animatou Studio GDS Switzerland, 2007, 6'00 A whole bunch of really cool ways to animate a cat and mouse chase.
	Tar Boy James Lee Australia, 2007, 6'15 A heartily told tale drawn straight the dark innards of the earth and brought to livid life – probably not the most soothing bedtime story for a small boy.
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